We’re Not Gonna Take It

Name: We’re Not Gonna Take It
Duration: 3 min 40 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984-05-10 DE
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984-05-10 DE
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984 US
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984 DE
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984 DE
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984 XE 1984 US
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1984 US
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry (Target Label)	1985 XE 1985 US
1.3	We're Not Gonna Take It	?:??	Twisted Sister	You Want What We Got	1986 XE
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1988-09-25 JP
1.11	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	All Time Rock Classics	1988 CA
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1990 US
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	1990 DE
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister	1992-03-17 US
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts	1992 US
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister	1992 XE
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister	1992 US
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister	1992 CA
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister	1992 US
4.7	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Readers Digest: Great Original Hits of the ’80s	1992 AU
1.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Hit Parader Magazine Salutes 20 Years of Metal	1993 US
6.11	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Heavy 100	1994 GB
1.17	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	18 Screamers From the 80's	1995 US
1.14	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Guitar Rock: The Heavy ’80s	1995 US
1.18	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Rock This Way	1995 US
1.13	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the ’80s, Volume 1	1996 US
1.12	ウイア・ノット・ゴナ・テイク・イット	3:39	Twisted Sister	80's Alive 2 YELLOW	1997-07-09 JP
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Best of 80's Metal Volume One: Bang Your Head	1997 US
2.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Monsters of Rock	1997 US
1.10	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:42	Twisted Sister	Sounds of the Eighties: 1984-1985	1997 US
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	The 80's: Glam Rock	1997 US
1.14	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	The No. 1 80's Rock Collection	1997 ZA
1.5	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Hard Rock Café: 80's Heavy Metal	1998-04-21 US
1.11	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Monsters of Rock	1998-06-02 US
1.3	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Best of Rock This Way	1998 US
1.1	We're Not Going To Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	80s Rock, Volume 3	1999-05-18 US
2.15	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Classic Rock: 1980–1984	1999 XE 1999 DE
1.8	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Just The Hits: Metal Mania	1999 US
1.16	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	VH-1: The Big 80's Big Hair	1999 US
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	MM - Metal Mayhem	2000-05-30 CA
1.13	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Frosh 3	2000-08-22 CA
1.10	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Doubleshot: Metal	2000 US
1.10	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Doubleshot: Metal	2000 US
2.12	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Hard Rock Essentials	2000 US
1.3	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Awesome 80s, Volume 1	2001 -
1.12	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Ultimate Metal Classics, Volume 1	2001 US
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	We're Not Gonna Take It And Other Hits	2001 US
2.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Hit Me With Your 80’s Box	2002-01-29 US
5.18	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)	2002-07-02 US
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	The Essentials	2002-09-17 US
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	The Essentials	2002-09-17 XW
1.9	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	The World's Absolute Best Ever Beer Songs	2002-11-04 AU
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	We're Not Gonna Take It and Other Hits	2003-10-10 US
1.4	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Absolute Rock Classics 3	2003-10-29 SE
3.13	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	All That Rock	2003-11-04 AU
1.11	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Classic Metal	2003 BR
2.6	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Simply the Best 80s	2003 MX
1.61	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	100 Hits Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll	2004 RU
1.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	100% Rock, Volume 3	2004 XE
3.1	We’re Not Going to Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	All the Beer Songs	2005-10-17 AU
2.18	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:37	Twisted Sister	Bogan! Simply the Best Pub Rock Album	2005 AU
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:42	Twisted Sister	Hard & Fast: All-Time Greatest Metal Rockers	2005 US
1.1	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	I Wanna Rock: The Ultimate Twisted Sister Collection	2005 XE
2.2	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Media Markt Collection: Rockin’ the Hard Way	2005 DE
1.7	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Sports Rock	2005 US
1.4	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Maximum Cowbell	2006-04-11 CA
1.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey	2006-05-23 US
1.5	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Ultimate 16 Originals: Rock & Roll ’80s	2006 US
1.16	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	'80s Metal: Gold	2007-01-30 US
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Rhino Hi‐Five: Twisted Sister	2007-06-26 AF 2007-06-26 AL (show 197 more) 2007-06-26 ZW
1.10	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Monsters of Rock: Platinum Edition	2007-07-24 US
1.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Old Skoöl of Rock	2007-12-04 DK
1.16	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	’80s Metal Gold	2007 US
1.14	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	’80s Metal Gold	2007 CA
1.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Old Skoöl of Rock	2007 AU
1.16	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	80s Metal Mania	2008 US
6.14	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Hard + Heavy	2008 US
1.1	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:37	Twisted Sister	Official Singles	2008 US
1.5	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:37	Twisted Sister	Pondus – Flat Fuzzpedal	2008 NO
1.5	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Bayern 3: Los Rockos! Vol. 2	2009-05-08 DE
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	2009-06-30 US
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	2009-06-30 US
2.5	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Absolute Rock Anthems II	2009-07-15 SE
7.4	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule	2009-11-17 US
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry (25th anniversary edition)	2009 XE
1.11	We’re Not Gonna Take It (2000 digital remaster)	3:39	Twisted Sister	Eishockey Hits	2010-05-07 DE
2.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	The 5CD Megabox: 80s	2010-07-23 AU
1.29	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:36	Twisted Sister	FC Bayern München: Arena-Fieber: Version 2010/2011	2010-10-29 DE
3.8	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Okej – Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980–1989	2010-12-08 SE
3.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Eldorado 3	2011-05-30 DK
1.2	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry (Remastered)	2011-09-21 JP
1.6	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:41	Twisted Sister	Big Hair Rox	2011 AU
Promotion
7.17	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	The Radio Essential Series	2000 CA
1.14	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Jim Beam: 40 Shots of Rock	2003 AU
Bootleg
1.9	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	Masters of Metal	1994 RU
1.12	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:38	Twisted Sister	100% Wave, Vol. 05	1996 BR
1.4	We're Not Gonna Take It	?:??	Twisted Sister	Легенды Зарубежного Рока	2002 RU
8.10	We’re Not Gonna Take It	3:37	Twisted Sister	80’s Giga Hits Collection	2008 -
(unknown)
1.15	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:40	Twisted Sister	Fan Jams - Fox Sports Radio	2005-10-11 US
1.6	We're Not Gonna Take It	3:39	Twisted Sister	Monsters of Rock: Platinum Edition (disc 2)	2006 US

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:	Geoff Workman
assistant engineer:	Gary McGachan
engineer:	John Agnello Greg Laney Geoff Workman
producer:	Tom Werman
bass guitar:	Mark Mendoza
drums (drum set):	A.J. Pero
electric guitar:	Jay Jay French Eddie Ojeda
background vocals:	Jay Jay French Mark Mendoza Eddie Ojeda A.J. Pero Dee Snider
lead vocals:	Dee Snider
arranger:	Twisted Sister Tom Werman

recorded at:	Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
mixed at:	Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

has remixes:	No Take It by DJ Cummerbund
mash-ups:	We're Not Gonna Take Ü There (Jack Ü feat. Kiesza vs. Twisted Sister) by DJ Schmolli We’re Not Gonna Take Ü There (Jack Ü feat. Kiesza vs. Twisted Sister) by DJ Schmolli

part of:	VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 21) (order: 21) VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 47) (order: 47) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 81) (order: 81)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/1hlveB9M6ijHZRbzZ2teyh [info]

recording of:	We’re Not Gonna Take It

We’re Not Gonna Take It

lyricist and composer:	Dee Snider

publisher:	Copyright Control Universal Tunes

referred to in medleys:	Hooked on Polkas (order: 7)
later parody versions:	We're Not Goin' to Canaan
later translated parody versions:	Biernot an der Theke
later translated versions:	wIlajQo' (We're Not Gonna Take It) 愛のヒーロー

We’re Not Gonna Take It

Genres: rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, glam metal

Other tags: classic metal, general heavy metal, pop-metal, pop/rock, sounds direct

Appears on releases

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We’re Not Gonna Take It

We’re Not Gonna Take It

Genres: rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, glam metal

Other tags: classic metal, general heavy metal, pop-metal, pop/rock, sounds direct

Appears on releases

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We’re Not Gonna Take It